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Thumbnail pictures grouped by family
This page contains a selection of thumbnail pictures of the spiders that are
reviewed on the Spiders of NW-Europe pages.
If you recognize your spider then click on the link above the pictures for larger images and a description of
that family.
Here is a Spider identification location chart to identify your spider by its habitat.
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Atypus affinis |
Atypus piceus |
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Amaurobius fenestralis |
Amaurobius ferox |
Amaurobius claustrarius |
Amaurobius similis |
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| Dictyna latens |
Lathys humilis |
Nigma puella female
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Nigma puella male
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Nigma walckenaeri |
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| Eresus sandaliatus |
Eresus cinnaberinus |
Eresus ruficapillus | Loureedia annulipes Libya |
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Eresus walckenaerius |
Eresus ZZ295 (Spain) | Loureedia annulipes (Tunesia) | Stegodyphus lineatus |
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| Oecobius navus | Oecobius annulipes? Female | Oecobius annulipes? Male |
Uloboridae, cribellate orb spiders
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| Uloborus plumipes |
Uloborus walckenaerius |
E-cribellataeHaplogynae (six-eyed spiders)
Dysderidae, cell spiders
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Dysdera sp.
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Dysdera crocata |
Dysdera crocata |
Dysdera erythrina |
Oonopidae, dwarfcel spiders
Scytodidae, spitting spiders
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Scytodes thoracica
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Segestriidae, six-eyed spiders
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| Segestria bavarica | Segestria florentina |
Segestria senoculata
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Entelegynae (eight eyed spiders)
Agelenidae, funnel weavers, grass spiders
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Agelena labyrinthica |
Agelena sp. |
Agelena gracilens |
Agelena similis |
Coelotes terrestris |
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Tegenaria atrica |
Tegenaria agrestis |
Tegenaria parietina |
Tegenaria silvestris |
Tegenaria domestica |
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Textrix denticulata |
Anyphaenidae, sac spiders
Argyronetidae, water spiders
Anyphaena accentuata Argyroneta aquatica
Araneidae, orb web spiders
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Aculepeira ceropegia |
Aculepeira ceropegia |
Aculepeira armida |
Araneus diadematus |
Araneus diadematus |
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Araneus ZZ081 |
Araneus angulatus |
Araneus quadratus | Araneus quadratus | Araneus diadematus |
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Araneus ZZ113 |
Araniella cucerbinata |
Araniella alpica |
Araniella displicata |
Atea sturmi |
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| Araniella inconspicua |
Argiope bruennichi young |
Argiope lobata |
Argiope bruennichi |
Cyclosa conica |
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Agalenatea redii |
Gibbaranea gibbosa |
Gibbaranea bituberculata |
Gibbaranea omoeda |
Larinioides sclopetarius |
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Larinioides cornutus M |
Larinioides pagatiatus |
Mangora acalypha |
Nuctenea umbratica |
Singa nitidula |
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Singa hamata |
Zygiella x-notata |
Zygiella atrica |
Zilla diodia |
Cyrtophora citricola tent spider |
Clubionidae, sac spiders
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Clubiona corticalis
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Cheiracanthium erraticum
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Clubiona reclusa
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Clubiona terrestris
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Clubiona reclusa
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Eusparassidae, hunt crabspiders
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Micrommata virescens F |
Micrommata virescens M |
Olios sp. |
Erigonidae, dwarf spiders
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Enidia bituberculata |
Erigone arctica |
Gnaphosidae, ground spiders
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Micaria romana
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Callilepis nocturna/ schuszteri
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Micaria sp.
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Nomisia aussereri
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Scotophaeus blackwalli |
Poecilochroa conspicua
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Drassodes lapidosus
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Zelotus latreillei |
Zelotes pusillus |
Zelotus pedestris |
Micaria pulicaria |
Hahniidae, dwarf funnel spiders
Linyphiidae, Sheet web, dwarf or money spiders
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Linyphia sp. |
Labulla thoracica |
Drapetisca socialis |
Neriene montana |
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Neriene radiata |
Neriene peltata |
Linyphia triangularis |
frontinellina frutetorum |
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| Lepthyphantes tenuis | Floronia bucculenta |
Liocranidae
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Liocranum rupicola |
Lycosidae, wolf spiders
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Aulonia albimana
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Arctosa leopardus |
Arctosa perita
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Alopecosa cuneata
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Alopecosa cuneata
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Alopecosa pulverenta
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Alopecosa inquilina |
Hogna radiata |
Pardosa trailli |
Pardosa monticola |
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Pardosa amentata |
Pardosa nigriceps |
Pardosa lugubris |
Pardosa prativaga |
Pardosa saltans |
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Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata |
Trochosa terricola |
Trochosa terricola |
Trochosa ruricola |
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Metidae, orb stretch spiders
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Meta segmentata
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Meta menardi | Meta merianae M |
Meta merianae F
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Meta mengei
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Mimetidae, pirate spiders |
Nesticidae, cave spiders |
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Oxyopidae, lynx spiders
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Oxyopes heterophthalmus M
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Oxyopes heterophthalmus F
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Oxyopes heterophthalmus F |
Oxyopes lineatus F |
Oxyopes kraepelinorum
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Philodromidae, crab spiders
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Philodromus aureolus M |
Philodromus aureolus F |
Philodromus cespitum |
Philodromus emarginatus |
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Philodromus dispar M |
Philodromus dispar F |
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Philodromus sp. F |
Tibelus oblongus
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Philodromus rufus M |
Philodromus rufus F |
Philodromus albidus M |
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Thanatus alpinus |
Thanatus arenarius |
Thanatus formicinus |
Thanatus sp. |
Pholcidae, daddy longlegs, vibrating or cellar spiders
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Holocnemus pluchei |
Pholcus phalangioides |
Psilochorus simoni |
Pisauridae, big wolf or nursery web spiders
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Dolomedes fimbriatus |
Dolomedes plantarius |
Pisaura mirabilis |
Salticidae, jumping spiders
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Aelurillus v-insignitus M |
Aelurillus v-insignitus F |
Eris nidicolens |
Bianor aurocinctus |
Ballus chalybeius |
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Carrhotus xanthogramma F |
Cyrba algerina |
Carrhotus xanthogramma M |
Dendryphantus rudis? |
Evarcha falcata |
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Euophrys erratica |
Evarcha arcuata |
Evarcha jacunda |
Marpissa pomatia |
Marpissa muscosa |
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Heliophanus kochii |
Heliophanus cupreus |
Heliophanus tribulosus |
Icius hamatus |
Icius subinermis |
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Myrmarachne formicaria |
Philaeus chrysops M |
Philaeus chrysops F |
Pseudophrys lanigera |
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Pellenes nigrociliatus |
Pellenes arcigerus M+V |
Pellenes tripunctatus | Pellenes seriatus |
Phlegra fasciata |
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Saitis barbipes M |
Saitis barbipes F |
Sitticus rupicolaM |
Sitticus pubescens |
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Pseudicius encarpatus |
Salticus cingulatus |
Salticus scenicus |
Tetragnathidae, stretch spiders or long jawed orb weavers
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Tetragnatha extensa M |
Tetragnatha extensa F |
Tetragnatha montana |
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Pachygnatha clercki F |
Pachygnatha clercki M |
Pachygnatha degeeri |
Theridiidae & Nesticidae, scaffold web spiders
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Achaearanea lunata |
Achaeranea riparia |
Anelosimus vittatatus |
Euryopis quinqueguttata |
Crustulina guttata |
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Enoplognatha ovata |
Enoplognatha ovata |
Enoplognatha mordax? |
Latrodectus hasselti |
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Steatoda bipunctata |
Steatoda albomaculata M |
Steatoda albomaculata F |
Steatoda triangulosa |
Steatoda triangulosa |
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Steatoda paykulliana |
Steatoda phalerata |
Theridon pictum |
Theridon melanurum |
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Theridion pallens |
Phylloneta sisyphium |
Phylloneta impressum |
Theridion tinctum |
Titanoecidae
Titanoeca quadriguttata
Thomisidae, crab spiders
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Diaea dorsata M
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Diaea dorsata F
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Misumena vatia
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Thomisus onustus
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Heriaeus hirtus
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Misumenops tricuspidatus M
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Misumenops tricuspidatus F
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Synaema globosum
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Synaema globosum
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Synaema globosum
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Xysticus cristatus F
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Xysticus cristatus M
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Xysticus lanio
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Xysticus audax
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Xysticus kempelini |
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Xysticus sabulosis |
Xysticus ulmi |
Xysticus erraticus |
Tmarus piger |
Ozyptila trux |
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Ozyptila praticola
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Ozyptila? ZZ164 | ? ZZ165 | Runcinia ZZ211 |
Unknown |
Zoridae (Ctenidae), wandering spiders
Zoropsidae, ground spiders
Zora spinimana Zoropsis spinimana
Order Opiliones - Harvestmen
Trodulidae & nemastomatidae & Phalangiidae
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Dicranopalpus ramosus |
Mitopus morio M |
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Paroligolophus agrestis |
Phalangium opilio M |
Phalangium opilio F |
Nemastoma lugubre |
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Leiobunum rotundum M |
Leiobunum rotundum F |
Odiellus spinosus |
Oligolophus tridens |
Ed Nieuwenhuys, 19 January 2012
